Yesterday I brewed a beer. I got inspired by the London cask ale trip and decided to try and make a dark mild. It has an OG of 1.037, which is pretty weird to me as I’m more used to imperial stouts that has that as the FG. I’ve never brewed a beer with this low alcohol level, I’m aiming for 3.2% ABV. I’m looking at the telemetry from the pill in the fermenter and it has already fermented down to 1.029 SG.

It was the first time I brewed after adding camlocks to the counter flow chiller. It turned out to be missing a gasket making it leak a lot. After searching through all my gear without finding a gasket or replacement couplings I realized I could steal the gasket from the CIP. But I need to buy extras before the next brew.

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We did wonder if the outbreak of dark milds earlier this year was a fad.

Did they actually sell?

It felt like they were selling to us.

We certainly bought plenty.

Then they went away – but surely that's because it was summer, right? Historic heatwave and all that.

Anyway, they seem to be back. Marble has one. Kirkstall has one. And here in Bristol, we've spotted examples from Dawkins and Left Handed Giant.

It would be great if this sticks.

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